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Animal euthanasia (euthanasia from Greek: εὐθανασία; "good death") is the act of killing an animal humanely, most commonly with injectable drugs. Reasons for euthanasia include incurable (and especially painful) conditions or diseases, [ 1 ] lack of resources to continue supporting the animal, or laboratory test procedures.
The loss of a pet or an animal to which one has become emotionally bonded oftentimes results in grief [1] which can be comparable with the death of a human loved one, or even greater, depending on the individual. The death can be felt more intensely when the owner has decided to end the pet's life through euthanasia. [2]
Honey, a 27-year-old black bear and star attraction at a town-run animal refuge on Long Island was euthanized last month after what animal advocates allege was years of horrific neglect.
A no-kill shelter is an animal shelter that does not kill healthy or treatable animals based on time limits or capacity, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals, animals suffering poor quality of life, or those considered dangerous to public safety. Some no-kill shelters will commit to not killing any animals at all, under any ...
Though the CDC advises an animal to be euthanized, if rabies is suspected, stray dogs, cats and ferrets may undergo a "10-day observation if euthanasia is not preferred, particularly if there is ...
From the beginning of 2023 through the end of September, the shelters have euthanized 2,536 dogs and 685 cats — that’s 10 times the number of animals euthanized during the same period in 2020 ...
Clare Palmer asserts that even when wildlife documentaries contain vivid images of wild animal suffering, they do not motivate a moral or practical response in the way that companion animals, such as dogs or cats, suffering in similar situations would and most people instinctively adopt the position of laissez-faire: allowing suffering to take ...
The decision to euthanize the squirrel was met with such criticism that Jake Blumencranz, a state lawmaker, proposed legislation to improve animal rights statutes, calling it “Peanut’s Law ...